SuitabookMoon at nine
Deborah Ellis
- Reading
- Read alongside the young person rather than rushing to reassure them: pause to discuss changing feelings about secrecy, friendship and fairness, then leave space to process the unresolved future.
- Themes
- Love, identity and concealment: Farrin and Sadira hope to live together but are described as needing to conceal their relationship from families and school surveillance. The book leaves its stance open to more than one reading.
- Authority and threat: A repressive regime, an overzealous school monitor and possible reporting to the Revolutionary Guard threaten the girls’ future. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Consider whether the reader would welcome a story involving same-sex love, concealment and threats from authorities. Talk beforehand about pausing if the tension or uncertainty becomes uncomfortable.